Installing a third-party app store is now possible for iPhone owners in the EU – but it’s not exactly a quick-and-easy process. It seems a safe bet that this is a deliberate move on Apple’s part to ...

The Google Play Store gets frequent updates, which is excellent news. The not-so-great news is that it can take weeks, or sometimes even longer, to get the latest iteration. The basic functionality ...

On Android, installing apps outside Google Play is disabled by default to reduce malware and security risks. You can enable the ability to install Android apps from ...

A recent Android Authority survey shows that many of our readers are installing apps from outside the Play Store 'regularly.' ...

If you have an Android phone, you'll have access to millions of apps on the Google Play Store. While many of these apps are legitimate, some are fake, and might even install malware on your device.

Riley Testut’s brilliant AltStore is an App Store alternative (kind of) for iPhone and iPad that allows you to install unauthorized third-party apps. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install it ...

Apple's macOS Sequoia now lets you install apps on external SSD drives instead of taking up space on your internal one — but it doesn't tell you this, so here's how to do it. Even with the latest Macs ...

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Some Windows 11/10 users failed to install apps from Microsoft Store because of the error code 0x80240066. You may also see this error while installing an update for ...